2018-10-18 Leeward Exh B (AMEND SPP 1247)

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And then the third request is to grant a one-year time extension to comply with Condition Nos. 5 and 6. These conditions are related to securing Final Plan Approval from the Planning Department and securing and finalizing building, electrical, and plumbing permits to convert the barn structure into a shop. The Applicant was supposed to secure these approvals and permits when the Special Permit was originally granted in 2004. When the Planning Commission amended the permit last year, Condition Nos. 5 and 6 were added to identify a specific deadline of one year to secure those permits and approvals. So the Applicant has hired an architect that was not able to complete the plans for these approvals in time, and in late July/early August, he hired a new architect who is now working on those plans, and so that’s the reason for the one-year time extension for those two conditions. The County zoning for the property is Agricultural-5 acres. It’s shown in the lighter green color. And surrounding properties are also zoned Agricultural-40 acres in the blue, and Agricultural-1 acre is the smaller lots to the west. The General Plan designation for the property is Important Agricultural Land, which is shown in the light green. And the South Kohala CDP Map shows the property – you can see it in this area here – the green areas delineate small farms and ranches. And then this is the applicant’s site plan. You can see Kauakea Road on the right side of the slide. The driveway entrance into the property is here, and then you come around, hook around the, his personal garage building, and then this is the location of the barn that’s also referred to as the shop. And then this location here is a mobile office. And then the area for the cars to be parked are in this general area to the east. This is a view of the shop, the picture on the top, and then the picture on the bottom is the mobile office building. These were taken last year. The Planning Director is recommending approving the requested amendments, but we also want to point out Condition No. 4, new Condition No. 4 in your recommendation, which would not allow the inspection station use to operate again until Final Plan Approval has been secured, and all permits required by the Building Division to convert the barn to a shop have been secured and finalized. And, the reason for that is that this barn building has been used for 15 years now, and it’s not permitted as a shop, and so for safety, health and safety reasons, we want to make sure that that gets permitted before a new use goes into that structure. I want to bring your attention to a couple other items. The Planning Director is also recommending that the Commission consider another condition. We don’t have that wording for you, but, generally, the reason that this amendment came about was from a complaint. That’s how the Planning Department became aware of the inspection station. When the permit was originally issued in 2004, there was a condition that said basically if the Planning Department receives any complaints about the operation, the matter can be referred to the Planning Commission for action. And so for several years the applicant has been operating with no complaints, which is why over the course of the amendments that have occurred the last twelve years or so, we removed that condition, but now since we did receive a complaint and that’s how we found out about the 3 EXHIBIT B